(Please note that is supposed to be all on one line. The dangers of word wrap….)

A couple of things in here I want to point out. It’s worth remembering that the macro walks through each test (each bracket) in turn till it’s true and then acts – and if none are true it jumps to the next set (after the next semicolon, or end of macro, as the case may be).

I use focus a lot. I set it to the MT by default. In various situations, though, I’ll target mobs. There are two categories that are particularly important. First, there are the shackle mobs – like the ones in Kara. Those are the ones that every five to ten seconds I renew the shackle whether it needs it or not (grin) to ensure it STAYS. Obviously the target of that mob is, well, me. And I don’t need the frisbee. So while shackling, I hit the shift key if I’m button mashing. (I usually use my healbot, but sometimes the mouse has another priority). If the shift isn’t in the way, the macro says: “Is the target of the focus friendly? Yes – catch. N – is the focus friendly? Yes – catch. No – hey, target? catch.”

Bind it to a key. What key DOES NOT MATTER as long as you can get to it consistently. Habitually hit the key when you’re in a group. Target the tank and hit it. Target your primary healtarget and hit it. If you’re grinding, go ahead and add that to your habit of keytaps – target, focus, go.

Trust me, it’ll save you a lot in the long run when you can set a quick macro (and swiftly put it on a button) that says: /cast [target=macro] THIS SPELL .

Like this:

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3 Responses to “My frisbee macro”

Hrmmm…Kirk, I dunno if you see the same thing I see, but the /cast line is cut off after the second [help,target= right after the “=”, and the next line just has “Prayer of Mending”. (In my Google Reader feed, it’s fine.)

Nice macro: I’ve been thinking there has to be a way to get the frisbee off faster, without looking at the tank & DPSers and finding “the best” target (although generally throwing it at the tank works–except when it NEEDS to go somewhere else!). Can’t wait to try this out!

And yes… it’s an outgrowth of my heal-focus macros. Where I set the tank as focus and can ALWAYS send a heal that-a-way without looking.

The thing I like best about this isn’t just looking, it’s the fact that since fribee’s reactive I get some sneaky healing. Here’s the way it goes.

I keep an eye on the boss – the focus – target. If that changes and I’m not in the middle of something I reach for the frisbee button. If he flips back to the tank before I can tap it, I don’t. If I reach the button first, though, I tap it. Because I’m pretty sure the boss is going to give his new target some loving – and the frisbee instantly removes a chunk of that damage with no further effort on my part. Oh, yes, I like this macro.

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I've experience with many priests of many races and specs on several servers. The more I play, the more I realize how much I do not yet know. This is a share of some of what I have learned.
My main these days is Zingiber on the Undermine server.